More property crime is recorded per resident in Sea Isle City than in 93% of U.S. towns
Overall, Sea Isle City grades D for safety: more crime per resident than 86% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025. On top of that, in a usual year, 2.3 violent crimes and 33.4 incidents of property crime are logged per 1,000 inhabitants; in the rest of New Jersey, 2.1 and 13.8.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of NJ” is every other New Jersey city and town in the FBI’s tables; the U.S. figure is the FBI’s national estimate as published, averaged over the three years. The FBI publishes no national homicide or robbery rate in our data, so those compare with all U.S. cities and towns in its tables.
What stands out about safety in Sea Isle City
1 of the 1 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 3 New Jersey towns on Sea Isle City’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Middle Township (C). Dennis Township and Upper Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Sea Isle City’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Both violent and property crime are higher than in most U.S. towns; violent crime is the closer of the two to typical. Its violent rate (2.3) is below the FBI’s national estimate (3.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Crime in Sea Isle City per 1,000 residents
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
And about 3 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Sea Isle City | Rest of New Jersey | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5.2 | 1.9 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.4 | 2.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 3.3 | 2.0 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Sea Isle City’s police reported 15 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 2.3 per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.1 in the rest of New Jersey and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Reported crime is steady
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| Year | Sea Isle City property | Rest of New Jersey property | Sea Isle City violent | Rest of New Jersey violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 53.4 | 13.8 | 5.2 | 1.9 |
| 2023 | 37.3 | 14.7 | 2.3 | 2.2 |
| 2024 | 33.8 | 14.0 | 1.4 | 2.2 |
| 2025 | 29.1 | 12.6 | 3.3 | 2.0 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of New Jersey.
69 crimes reported in 2025
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
7 violent and 62 property, as reported to the FBI by Sea Isle City’s police.
No one died in a crash on Sea Isle City’s roads in 2019–2023
That is about what is typical for New Jersey towns of 2,500–5,000 people: at their median rate (4.9 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Sea Isle City’s size would see about 0 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Sea Isle City’s own rate (0.0) is context, not a ranking.
Deaths are counted where the crash happened, not where the people lived: a highway through town adds through-traffic deaths, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Town rates sit below state and U.S. rates because a third of fatal crashes happen outside any town. Road safety is described here and is not part of the Safety Grade. Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023.
Sea Isle City and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sea Isle City | D | 2.3 | 33.4 |
| Dennis Township | — | — | — |
| Upper Township | — | — | — |
| Middle Township | C | 2.9 | 16.9 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Dennis Township and Upper Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
New Jersey towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sea Isle City | D | 2.3 | 33.4 |
| Seaside Park | A | 0.8 | 3.6 |
| Alpha | A− | 0.6 | 6.5 |
| Essex Fells | B | 0.0 | 14.9 |
| Avon-by-the-Sea | B | 0.3 | 14.9 |
| Gibbsboro | B− | 1.2 | 15.8 |
The five graded New Jersey towns closest to Sea Isle City’s population (2,114), by grade.
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- It’s reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many crimes are never reported to police.
- One number for all of Sea Isle City. A town-wide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of town to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Sea Isle City’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (2,127 in 2025); our figure for Sea Isle City is 2,114 (2025 Census estimate).
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn’t report a full year, not that nothing happened.
How the grade is calculated, for every town: How TownRatings grades safety →
Questions about safety in Sea Isle City
Is Sea Isle City, NJ safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Sea Isle City reports more crime per resident than 86% of U.S. towns, a D Safety Grade. Its police reported 2.3 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.1 in the rest of New Jersey and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Sea Isle City?
2.3 violent and 33.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of New Jersey reports 2.1 and 13.8; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is Sea Isle City safer than Middle Township?
Middle Township reports less crime per resident than Sea Isle City: Middle Township grades C for safety and Sea Isle City D. Middle Township’s police reported 2.9 violent and 16.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Sea Isle City?
Sea Isle City’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Sea Isle City”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2025, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. The Safety Grade is our own summary of that data, not an official rating. Road deaths: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023. This isn’t an official statement of public safety. In an emergency, call 911.